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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Never Compromise, Part II

NEVER COMPROMISE!
Never accept second best. Never assume, believe, or accept that the best is not only possible, but MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better.

John 10:10
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

Politics
Once again it is election season in the United States. Everyone takes their sides and rallies behind their man, or woman. I believe I can safely say that the majority of Conservative Christians will be rallied behind the Republican party and their current nominee, Mitt Romney. Some Christians equally rally to the Democrats party. I will mostly direct my statements towards those who call themselves Republicans, since I know more of them, and once considered myself among their ranks.
Because I know my fellow christians.... I know that this is where it will get very difficult to nod your head in agreement with me. I know that this is where many will be tempted to stop reading.
PLEASE listen.
Never compromise. Never accept second best.
The first part of this compromise is the fact that Christians do not need a King. We have a beautiful King. We have a Lord and a Master and a Saviour and a God that loves us and promises us every good thing. The bible clearly places the husband as the head of the home, and Christ as the head of man.
There should be no in between.
1 Timothy 2:5
"For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus..."
Why vote, and SHOUT WITH JOY, for another Lord and Master? God allowed the Israelites to have a King, not because they needed one, or because it would be good for them. He allowed them to have a King because they would not stop DEMANDING one.
1 Samuel 8:7-9
And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also. Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”
The second part of this compromise is the fact that voting for the 'lesser evil' is STILL EVIL. Yes, I have seen and heard my fellow christians admit that they KNOW they are voting for the lesser evil, the slower descent into hell. They choose the 'best' that is offered, not realizing that what is offered is a LIE!

NEVER COMPROMISE!
Do you not realize that IF YOU VOTE for any man, you are GUILTY for his actions as well?
Republicans, Democrats..... They are BOTH GUILTY of horrible atrocities against the citizens of the United States and around the worldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_phosphorus_use_in_Iraq - This is just ONE disgusting action our government is guilty of, and hundreds if not thousands of innocents will be suffering to years to come.

Looking at our current 'choices' I am dismayed that my fellow Christians can find it in their hearts to support either candidate.

Don't misunderstand me. I despise our current administration.
But the very things I despise about it are not going to change in any way by throwing our support to the Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

Don't believe it......
HERE is a list of the things I HATE Obama for.

1. Obamacare and the Forced Taxes/Fees Placed on those who already do not want or cannot afford Healthcare
2. Monsanto and the Legalized Poisoning of our Food Supply
3. Federal Reserve unmonitored and destroying the economic system in our country
4. Mounting Gun Laws that Consistently INFRINGE on our RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
5. Continuous War Against People Who Have Done NOTHING To Us
6. NDAA and Indefinite Detention of Citizens without Charges or Trial
7. Drone deployment throughout the US That spy on us and HAVE the capability of killing anyone at any moment

Some may notice I do not include the abortion issue above. Is this because I don't care about these millions of lost unborn children? NO.
It is because I fear the parties are playing a game that we are missing the rules for.....

"Republicans have no real incentive to do anything about abortion, because their politicians need it to be their major campaign issue year after year. Democrats, likewise, always need a pro-life issue to demonize to make sure their own campaign agenda is set. The battleground is a farce. Likewise, pro-life interest groups play the game as well, because they need to continue lining their coffers. Statism damns it all.
The only consistent position of someone who truly cares about pro-life issues is to be a complete anarchist, because the State is always a peddler of death and deception. When they aren’t killing babies at home, the US government kills babies abroad in endless wars and interventions. If you truly desire to save children, abolish the State."
- http://libertarianchristians.com/2012/08/21/todd-akins-rape-comments-and-the-absurdity-of-right-wing-pro-lifers/

It's a scary thought. What's even scarier is that with 40ish years of Roe vs Wade being law..... I believe it.

I challenge you to look hard at your reasons for voting for any man..... and see if he really lines up with your image of 'King.'

This is what MY KING says.....
John 10:10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

Joshua 24:15
And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

NEVER COMPROMISE!
Never accept second best. Never assume, believe, or accept that the best is not only possible, but MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better.

Matthew 7:13
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

A True Wife

A true wife makes a man's life nobler, stronger, grander, by the omnipotence of her love 'turning all the forces of manhood upward and heavenward. While she clings to him in holy confidence and loving dependence she brings out in him whatever is noblest and richest in his being. She inspires him with her courage and earnestness. She beautifies his life. She softens whatever is rude and harsh in his habits or his spirit. She clothes him with the gentler graces of refined and cultured manhood. While she yields to him and never disregards his lightest wish, she is really his queen, ruling his whole life and leading him onward and upward in every proper path. - JR Miller

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